Gabriel Scheare uses the world’s first bitcoin ATM on October 29, 2013 at Waves Coffee House in Vancouver. Scheare said he “just felt like being part of history.” The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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A Bitcoin ATM sticker is posted to the window of a coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The ATM, which will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, will allow consumers to exchange Canadian cash for digital cash.

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A user inserts Canadian currency into the world’s first bitcoin ATM in exchange for bitcoins ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Jackson Warren, left, of Bitcoiniacs, and John Russell, centre, of Robocoin, monitor transactions on the world’s first bitcoin ATM, being used by Marc van der Chijs, right, at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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What is being billed as the world’s first Bitcoin ATM is seen at a coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The ATM, which will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, will allow consumers to exchange Canadian cash for digital cash.

Photograph by JONATHAN HAYWARD

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Jackson Warren, left, of Bitcoiniacs, and John Russell, centre, of Robocoin, monitor transactions on the world’s first bitcoin ATM, being used by Marc van der Chijs, right, at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Gabriel Scheare uses the world’s first bitcoin ATM on October 29, 2013 at Waves Coffee House in Vancouver. Scheare said he “just felt like being part of history.” The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Photograph by David Ryder

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A user scans a QR code on their smart phone, allowing bitcoins to be transferred into their digital wallet, while using the world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Jackson Warren, co-founder of Bitcoiniacs, is pictured with the world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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A user is instructed on how to scan his palm using scanning identification to ensure that a single user cannot exchange more than $1,000 in a single day on the world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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What is being billed as the world’s first Bitcoin ATM is seen at a coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The ATM, which will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, will allow consumers to exchange Canadian cash for digital cash.

Photograph by JONATHAN HAYWARD

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The world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Katrina Caudle celebrates after using the world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “I love bitcoin,” she said. “I actually moved to Vancouver to work in bitcoin.” The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Jackson Warren, left, of Bitcoiniacs, and John Russell, centre, of Robocoin, monitor transactions on the world’s first bitcoin ATM, being used by Marc van der Chijs, right, at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.

Photograph by David Ryder

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Users wait in line to use the world’s first bitcoin ATM at Waves Coffee House on October 29, 2013 in Vancouver. The ATM, named Robocoin, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. Once only used for black market sales on the Internet, bitcoins are starting to be accepted at a growing number of businesses.